Greg Vence wrote: > > I just got to the part of the mini HOWTO "PPP-over-ISDN" and it says > that there are few if any _internal_ ISDN devices that are able to be > used by Linux. > > Date: 13-APR-96 > > Since then, there must be something more recient. What? > > Thanx -- Greg.
True, there are internal ISDN devices that work with Linux, but unfortunately the only ones that do are ones that look and act like serial ports (modems). This sux because first of all ISDN devices are inherently synchronous, rather than asynchronous devices. It sux even more so because newer cards are designed to recognize PPP frames and even do some interpretation/control, so it would seem to me that some other I/O strategy would be more appropriate. The problem is that hardware vendors who create faster, non-modem-acting ISDN devices won't give out the hardware specs. I tried to get them for both the USR Sportster 128K and also the Ascend NetWarp. USR ignored me and Ascend told me "they were considering doing a Linux driver since they had already pretty much decided to do a NetBSD driver". I'd *love* to have a real ISDN card like those lucky folks out in DE, so much so that I'd spend my evening hours writing the driver for it *if only I could get the specs*. Anyone who'd like full email transcripts of my conversations with Ascend just drop me a line. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
